Modern people often regard the idea of a holy war as a contradiction. Killing thousands of people and causing wholesale destruction seems to be as far from holiness as one can get. But religion ...

So religion can be a power for peace. But Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus and Sikhs also believe that war is sometimes necessary to defend communities against violence. In that case, there are ...

religious combat unit. “I always had a dream to enlist in a combat role, but I never thought it would actually happen,” said Shira Winter, one of the new recruits. “Then the war came ...

Since 2018, over 1,100 religious entities have been forcibly closed, more than 70 individuals detained for their religious affiliations, and 84 priests forced into exile.